Specifications

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Shelf Management Overview
TheShelfManagerisresponsibleformonitoringconditionsofmodulesandothershelf
componentsandcontrollingtheiroperationinordertokeepthemworkingproperly.The
ShelfManagerworkstogetherwiththeIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)
infrastructuretomonitorthestatusofthesystemandcorrectproblemswhennecessary.The
ShelfManagerreportseventsandanomaliestoasystemmanagerandrespondstoaction
requestsfromthesystemmanager.
Thehardwareplatforminterface(HPI)providesastandardapplicationprogramminginterface
(API)forsystemmanagerdevelopment.
Shelf management features
TheShelfManagerautomaticallystartsatboottimeandisrequiredtobefullyoperational
beforetherestoftheplatform.Inconjunctionwiththeothershelfmanagementcomponents,
theShelfManagermonitorsplatformhealth,manageseventsanderrorconditions,and
providesmanagementinterfacesforremoteinteractions.
Platform health monitoring
TheShelfManagerperformsthefollowingoperationstomonitorplatformhealth:
•Gathersandtrackstheshelfinventoryandassociatedresourcedatarecords(RDRs)inthe
resourcepresencetable(RPT),includingeachsensordatarecord(SDR)
•Retrievessensordata
•Logssystemevents
• ReceivesfailurenotificationsandothereventsfromintelligentFRUsintheshelf
• Respondstoalarmswithaudibleorvisibleindicationsoreventmessagestothesystem
managerasappropriate